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Rangers ready to draft a franchise player to an already deep prospect pool

Say it with me now…
Kaa-po Kak-ko.
Kaa-po Kak-ko

Rangerstown is still abuzz and brimming with excitement and anticipation following the NHL Draft Lottery reveal party back on April 9th in Toronto. It’s commonly thought of as being a virtual lock that the New Jersey Devils, winners of the lottery, will select Jack Hughes with the top pick leaving the runner-up Rangers with a helluva consolation prize in the Finnish man-child known as Kaapo Kakko.

The fervor surrounding the potential drafting of Kakko has become so intense that some acolytes of the Blueshirt congregation have forgotten about the impressive trifecta of first round picks from the 2018 draft.